San Diego County companies continued to add jobs in April, but at a slower pace than earlier this year. The momentum of year-over-year job gains in the county has been declining since January. But the drop was steeper last month than in previous months.

Gasoline prices remained steady in San Diego County this week, but a consumer activist group said yesterday that the retail market may be vulnerable to consumer pressure for the first time this year. “The market is brimming with surplus and the savings aren't filtering through to consumers,” said Charles Langley, who monitors local gasoline pricing for the Utility Consumers' Action Network.

Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman, the law firm charged with paying more than $11 million in kickbacks to plaintiffs in lawsuits, could hemorrhage clients the same way accounting firm Arthur Andersen did when it was accused of obstruction of justice.

Advanced Marketing Services yesterday said it agreed to settle a class-action shareholder lawsuit for $6 million, subject to court approval. “The market is brimming with surplus and the savings aren't filtering through to consumers,” said Charles Langley, who monitors local gasoline pricing for the Utility Consumers' Action Network.

ST. LOUIS – Citing consumers' need for variety in beer, Anheuser-Busch Cos. said yesterday it will pay $82 million to purchase the Rolling Rock beer brand from InBev USA and will produce Rolling Rock and Rock Green Light at its Newark, N.J., brewery.